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The Development of Inservice and Induction Programs for Teachers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students in Queensland Schools: an Historical Overview*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

N. McGarvie
N. McGarvie*
Affiliation:
Aboriginal and Islander Education Branch, Queensland Department of Education
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The Aboriginal/Islander population of Queensland was calculated by the 1981 census to be greater than 44,000 (Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 1984, p.11). However, for a slightly later estimate, the Annual Report of the Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Islander Advancement records a figure of 60,000 (Department of Aboriginal and Islander Advancement, 1984, p.l). Both of these figures could be substantially correct given a possibility that some Aboriginal people may not identify themselves as such on census returns. Whatever the reason for the difference in the figures, a total of some 50,000 is most likely conservative for the present time. This figure converts to a percentage of slightly over 2% of the Queensland population being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Of the 50,000 Aboriginal/Islander population some 24% are Torres Strait Islanders (Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 1984, p.11).

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , September 1988 , pp. 29 - 46
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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Prepared with the assistance of the Department of Social and Cultural Studies, School of Education, James Cook University of North Queensland.

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